EP1389550A2 - Verriegelung für ein Personenkraftwagen mit Cabrioletdach - Google Patents

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EP1389550A2
EP1389550A2 EP03255026A EP03255026A EP1389550A2 EP 1389550 A2 EP1389550 A2 EP 1389550A2 EP 03255026 A EP03255026 A EP 03255026A EP 03255026 A EP03255026 A EP 03255026A EP 1389550 A2 EP1389550 A2 EP 1389550A2
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Gary J. Forgue
Stefan Eichhorst
Jens Loemker
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
    • B60J7/20—Vehicle storage compartments for roof parts or for collapsible flexible tops
    • B60J7/202—Vehicle storage compartments for roof parts or for collapsible flexible tops being characterised by moveable cover parts for closing the gap between boot lid and rearmost seats
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
    • B60J7/08—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position
    • B60J7/12—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts
    • B60J7/14—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement
    • B60J7/143—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement for covering the passenger compartment
    • B60J7/146—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement for covering the passenger compartment all elements being folded in same orientation and stacked fashion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
    • B60J7/08—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position
    • B60J7/12—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts
    • B60J7/14—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement
    • B60J7/143—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement for covering the passenger compartment
    • B60J7/148—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs of non-sliding type, i.e. movable or removable roofs or panels, e.g. let-down tops or roofs capable of being easily detached or of assuming a collapsed or inoperative position foldable; Tensioning mechanisms therefor, e.g. struts with a plurality of rigid plate-like elements or rigid non plate-like elements, e.g. with non-slidable, but pivotable or foldable movement for covering the passenger compartment at least one element being stored in vertical fashion
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J7/00—Non-fixed roofs; Roofs with movable panels, e.g. rotary sunroofs
    • B60J7/185—Locking arrangements
    • B60J7/19—Locking arrangements for rigid panels
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10S292/05—Automobile top latches

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  • This invention relates generally to automotive roof systems and more particularly to a latch for an automotive vehicle having a convertible roof.
  • Rigid hard-top convertible roofs have been used on a variety of automotive vehicles. Some of these conventional convertible hard-top roofs are stored in a generally vertical orientation and some are stored in a predominantly horizontal orientation. Furthermore, some of these conventional hard-top roofs fold in a clamshelling manner while others are collapsible in an overlapping manner. Examples of traditional hard-top convertible roofs are disclosed in the following patents: U.S. Patent No. 6,347,828 entitled "Actuation Mechanism for a Two Piece Retractable Hard-Top Roof for an Automobile" which issued to Rapin et al. on February 19, 2002; U.S. Patent No. 6,318,793 entitled “Two Piece Retractable Hard-Top Roof for an Automobile” which issued to Rapin et al.
  • a latching system for an automotive vehicle having a convertible roof is provided.
  • front and/or rear convertible roof sections are rigid, hard-top roofs.
  • a further aspect of the present invention provides that the outside surfaces of retractable roofs have a generally vertical orientation when in their open and retracted positions.
  • a latch secures a generally rigid tonneau cover.
  • a latch is extremely thin in cross-car size for packaging adjacent a quarter panel of a vehicle, in still another aspect of the present invention.
  • a further aspect of the present invention provides a manual override for an automatically powered latch.
  • Another aspect of the present invention uses a rigid tonneau cover, a tonneau cover linkage mechanism, a movable closeout panel, and a cable drive, which serve to cover a roof storage space and the roof storage space does not obstruct a trunk or storage bed area of a vehicle.
  • a method of using a latch is also provided.
  • the preferred latching system of the present invention is advantageous over conventional systems in that it minimizes the stored roof packaging area by tightly collapsing one roof section relative to the other.
  • the preferred convertible roof system is also advantageous since it can be retracted with minimal, if any, intrusion in the passenger compartment area of the vehicle while also storing the roof forward of a user accessible storage area, such as a trunk or pickup truck bed.
  • the preferred latch of the present invention is advantageous over prior devices by having an extremely thin cross-car size which is packaged in a very tight quarter panel area.
  • another significant advantage is the ability to manually override the automatic actuator in order to release or latch the tonneau cover in the event of a power failure.
  • a convertible roof system 21 is part of an automotive vehicle and includes a hard-top front roof 23, a hard-top rear roof 25, a top stack mechanism 27 operable to move the roofs, a rigid tonneau cover 29, a tonneau cover mechanism 31 and a tonneau latching system 32.
  • Roofs 23 and 25 are automatically movable from fully raised and closed positions covering a passenger compartment 33, as shown in Figure 1, to fully retracted and open positions, as shown in Figures 3, 5 and 6, wherein roofs 23 and 25 are stowed in a roof storage area or compartment 35.
  • Roof storage compartment 35 is located between a metal, seat back panel or bulkhead 35a and a metal rear panel 36.
  • Bulkhead 35a separates roof storage compartment 35 from passenger compartment 33 and rear panel 36 separates roof storage compartment 35 from an externally accessible storage area for miscellaneous articles such as a trunk or pickup truck bed 37.
  • a rigid, glass back window or backlite 39 is secured to rear roof 25 while front roof 23 is disengagably attached to a front header panel 41 by latches.
  • Weatherstrips or seals are also employed around the peripheral edges of roofs 23 and 25.
  • Roofs 23 and 25 are preferably stamped from steel sheets and include inner reinforcement panels, but the roofs may alternately be formed from polymeric composites or aluminum. Roofs 23 and 25 have opaque outside surfaces 43 that are typically painted. These outside surfaces 43 define three-dimensionally curved planes which are stored in a predominantly vertical and parallel nested orientation when fully retracted and stowed; this can be observed best in Figure 5.
  • Top stack mechanism 27 is in mirrored symmetry in both outboard sides of the vehicle and will only be described for the left-hand side with reference to Figures 3, 6 and 21.
  • Top stack mechanism 27 includes a linkage assembly 51 and a hydraulic actuator 55.
  • Linkage assembly 51 is preferably constructed in accordance with German patent application serial number 101 39 354.7 entitled “Cabriolet-Fahrmaschine” (Vehicle) which was filed on August 17, 2001, which is incorporated by reference herein. Roofs 23 and 25 can be tightly and closely nested together when fully retracted and the centerline, fore-and-aft roof storage area opening can be minimized due to linkage assembly 51.
  • Tonneau cover mechanism 31 and tonneau cover 29 are best shown in Figures 7-10 and 19; only one side will be discussed since the other is in mirrored symmetry.
  • Tonneau cover mechanism 31 includes a linkage assembly 103 having a pair of arcuate gooseneck links 105 and 107, a first straight link 109 and a second straight link 111. Proximal ends of gooseneck links 105 and 107 are pivotably mounted to a vehicle body-mounted bracket (see Figure 10). Straight links 109 and 111 are coupled at a pivot 113.
  • a hydraulic actuator 115 (see Figure 10) is coupled to and drives gooseneck link 105.
  • tonneau cover mechanism 31 when hydraulic actuator 115 is energized, tonneau cover mechanism 31 will cause tonneau cover 29 to rearwardly pivot from the closed position of Figure 1 to the open position of Figure 4. This allows roofs 23 and 25 to enter roof storage area 35. Tonneau cover 29 will be automatically returned to its closed position in order to cover and externally hide the stowed roofs.
  • a rigid flipper door or closeout panel 141 is attached to a front section of tonneau cover 29 by a pair of hinges 143.
  • a first plate is secured to a bottom surface of tonneau cover 29 and a second plate is secured to a bottom surface of closeout panel 141.
  • the plates are coupled at a pivot pin with a torsion spring 489 (best observed in Figure 19) biasing the plates into a co-planar extended orientation (as shown in Figures 3, 7 and 19).
  • An aesthetic trim panel 144 covers a portion of each tonneau cover mechanism 31 and a latch trim panel covers a portion of each latch assembly.
  • a pair of automatic, hydraulic fluid actuators 629 each have a first, linearly extendable rod end 633 coupled to a bracket mounted to closeout panel 141.
  • a fluid cylinder end 631 of each fluid actuator 629 is mounted to a tonneau cover bracket.
  • Adjustable bumpers 635 assist in locating tonneau cover 29 in its closed position.
  • a first end of a cable actuator 145 which slides within a protective sheath, is connected to and operably drives a corresponding lever/bracket 146 mounted to closeout panel 141.
  • the opposite end of each cable 145 is secured to a fixed cable bracket 147 stationarily mounted to a main bracket 149 supporting roof linkage assembly 51, which in turn, is fastened to bulkhead 35a.
  • latching system 32 includes a stamped steel plate 201, upon which is fixed a linearly extendable hydraulic actuator 203, a latching linkage assembly 205 and a lost motion device 207.
  • Latching linkage assembly 205 includes an arcuately shaped first link 209, an elongated second link 211 and an offset angled third link 213.
  • a first pivot 215 of arcuate link 209 is linearly slid within an elongated and diagonally oriented slot 221 disposed in plate 201 upon automatic actuation of actuator 203 which causes extension of a piston rod coupled to pivot 215.
  • Second link 211 is rotatably coupled to arcuate link 209 at a floating pivot 223.
  • arcuate link 209 causes the coupled link 211 to rotate about a fixed pivot 225 such that a follower pin 227 coupled to link 211 is linearly slid from an unlatched position shown in Figures 11 and 12 to a latched position as shown in Figure 14.
  • a catch or roller 229 is journaled about follower pin 227 and follower pin 227 is operably slid within an arcuate surface defining a slot 231 in plate 201.
  • Roller 229 engages within a tapered bifurcated opening of a striker 241 downwardly and forwardly projecting from a lower surface of tonneau cover 29 (see Figures 7, 8 and 18), when tonneau cover 29 is in its fully closed and covering position as shown in Figure 1 and when latch assembly 32 is in its fully latched position as shown in Figures 11 and 14.
  • a microprocessor based controller 407 see Figure 18 automatically causes retraction of the piston rod into the hydraulic cylinder of actuator 203, the links will reverse operation and cause roller 229 to rotate from its latching position to an unlatching position thereby releasing striker 241.
  • a manual override feature is provided within latching system 32 to allow a vehicle operator to manually latch or unlatch roller 229 with striker 241 even when electrical or hydraulic power is not present, such as could happen during vehicle servicing or due to battery failure.
  • Such an override feature is achieved through a metallic disk 251 of lost motion device 207 which is rotatable about a fixed pivot 253.
  • An internal, straight, camming slot 255 is disposed within disk 251 and has a pair of abutting surfaces 257 and 259.
  • a cam follower pin 261 projecting from link 213 is allowed to freely move in a lost-motion manner within slot 255 during normal automatic operation of latch assembly 32.
  • Flexible and elongated cables 271 are attached to disk by spaced apart fasteners 273; operator accessible handles 275 (see Figure 20) are located within the automotive vehicle and are attached to an opposite end of each cable 271 such that manual pulling of one handle causes manually actuated rotation of disk 251 in that direction while manual pulling of the other handle causes reverse rotation of disk 251.
  • manually actuated rotation of disk 251 serves to back drive the linkages through contact of the respective abutting surface 259 against pin 261 of link 213; this causes link 213 then upwardly and rotatably pulls or pushes pivot 215 attached to arcuate link 209 for coincidentally driving link 211 and roller 229.
  • the manually overridden unlatching position can be viewed in Figure 15 while the manually overridden unlatching position can be observed in Figure 16.
  • linkage assembly 32 is extremely thin in its cross-car package.
  • Plate 201 is secured to a quarter inner panel of the vehicle body outboard of the roof storage compartment with all of the linkages and actuators disposed between the quarter inner panel and the outer quarter panel skin of the vehicle. Essentially, only roller 229, a portion of the hydraulic lines and a portion of the manual override cables/handles are exposed on the in-board side of plate 201 thereby reducing the accessibility of components which might otherwise interfere with retraction or extension of the convertible roofs.
  • FIG. 12 Figures 12 and 18 wherein a Hall effect magnet 410 is mounted on an outboard face of each striker 241.
  • a Hall effect switch 409 is affixed to each plate 201 which operably senses the location of magnet 410; if magnet 410 is sensed as being in the tonneau striker closed position, then switch 409 sends a signal to microprocessor 407 which causes cylinder 203 to engage roller 229 with striker 241.
  • an alternate embodiment of a latching system 32' includes a stamped steel plate 201', upon which is fixed a linearly extendable hydraulic actuator 203', a latching linkage assembly 205' and a lost motion device 207'.
  • Latching linkage assembly 205' includes an arcuately shaped first link 209', an elongated second link 211' and a hook-like third link 213'.
  • a first pivot 215' of arcuate link 209' is linearly slid within an elongated and diagonally oriented slot 221' disposed in plate 201' upon automatic actuation of actuator 203' which causes extension of a piston rod coupled to pivot 215'.
  • Second link 211' is rotatably coupled to arcuate link 209' at a floating pivot 223'.
  • automatic actuator-driven movement of arcuate link 209' causes the coupled link 211' to rotate about a fixed pivot 225' such that a follower pin 227' coupled to link 211' is linearly slid from an unlatched position shown in Figure 22 to a latched position as shown in Figure 23.
  • a roller 229' is journaled about follower pin 227' and follower pin 227' is operably slid within an arcuate surface defining a slot 231' in plate 201'.
  • Roller 229' has a somewhat inwardly tapered, H cross sectional shape which operably engages within a tapered bifurcated opening of a striker 241 downwardly and forwardly projecting from a lower surface of tonneau cover 29 (see Figures 7, 8 and 18), when tonneau cover 29 is in its fully closed and covering position as shown in Figure 1 and when latch assembly 32' is in its fully latched position as shown in Figure 23.
  • a microprocessor based controller automatically causes retraction of the piston rod into the hydraulic cylinder of actuator 203', the links will reverse operation and cause roller 229' to rotate from its latching position to an unlatching position thereby releasing striker 241.
  • a manual override feature is provided within latching system 32' to allow a vehicle operator to manually latch or unlatch roller 229' with striker 241 even when electrical or hydraulic power is not present, such as could happen during vehicle servicing or due to battery failure.
  • Such an override feature is achieved through a metallic disk 251' of lost motion device 207' which is rotatable about a fixed pivot 253'.
  • a depressed camming slot 255' is disposed within disk 251' and has a pair of abutting surfaces 257' and 259'.
  • a bent, cam following finger 261' of hook-like link 213' is allowed to freely move in a lost-motion manner within slot 255' during normal automatic operation of latch assembly 32'.
  • Flexible and elongated cables 271' are attached to disk by spaced apart fasteners 273'; operator accessible handles 275 (see Figure 20) are located within the automotive vehicle and are attached to an opposite end of each cable 271' such that manual pulling of one handle causes manually actuated rotation of disk 251' in that direction while manual pulling of the other handle causes reverse rotation of disk 251'.
  • manually actuated rotation of disk 251' serves to back drive the linkages through contact of the respective abutting surface 259' against finger 261' of link 213'; this causes a follower pin 291' attached to link 213' to slide within a camming slot 293' such that link 213' then upwardly and rotatably pulls or pushes an intermediate pivot 295' attached to arcuate link 209' for coincidentally driving link 211' and roller 229'.
  • the manually overridden unlatching position can be viewed in Figure 24 while the manually overridden unlatching position can be observed in Figure 25.
  • top stack mechanism actuators and tonneau cover actuators may be controlled in accordance with the control system disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 5,451,849 entitled "Motorized Self-Correcting Automatic Convertible Top” which issued to Porter et al. on September 19, 1995, which is incorporated by reference herein, or through hall effect sensors coupled to a microprocessor controller.
  • Figure 17 illustrates a locator pin 401 downwardly extending from a bracket attached to an underside of tonneau cover 29 (see Figures 7 and 8). When fully closed, locator pin 401 enters within a body-mounted receptacle 403 and pushes a tongue of a micro switch 405 coupled to a microprocessor-based controller 407.
  • micro switch 405 actuation serves to then actuate a hydraulic pump which causes extension of hydraulic actuator 203 (see Figure 12).
  • roller 229 is fully engaged within striker 241, roller depresses a tongue of a micro switch 409 which transmits a signal to controller 407 to cause deactivation of hydraulic actuator 203.
  • the presently disclosed latch can be used in other areas of the vehicle such as for the front header-to-one bow attachment or as a roof downstack latch, although certain advantages of the present invention may not be achieved.
  • the present latch can be used to secure a hook or striker extending from a trunk lid which may be used to cover a retracted roof.
  • the hard-top roofs can be covered with vinyl, fabric or painted, or can include transparent glass panels.
  • the present invention latch can alternately be used with a soft top roof.
  • electric motor actuators can be used in place of one or more of the disclosed hydraulic actuators.
  • trunk compartment can be in front of the passenger compartment for a mid or rear engine vehicle. While certain materials and shapes have been disclosed, it should be appreciated that various other shapes and materials can be employed. It is intended by the following claims to cover these and any other departures from the disclosed embodiments which fall within the true spirit of this invention.
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